Happy Fathers Day!

On this fine Fathers Day we took the dad's out fishing on the new boat.  We have had the boat now for 3 weeks and this was the first nice day we've had due to our freakishly weird weather.  Here is "Captain Chris" driving us around Crane Prairie Reservoir, which is just 20 minutes from our house.

Here's Putt's.  I don't know much about fishing, but I don't think he's watching his pole very too closely.

Here is a shot of the boat from the dock.

We had a picnic at the camp ground that is on the lake.  We could actually pull the boat on shore right up to the camping spot and hop off and have a BBQ and then get back on the boat and continue fishing.  Plus, to camp right on the lake here is only $12.00!

Edward

This is the newest member of our family.  Edward is a 4 year old bobcat who was needing a loving home.  He was bottle fed and raised as an indoor cat for most of his life.  He is just like a giant, lovable house cat.  He loves to be petted and loved and is very playful.  He weighs about 45 pounds and is the size of a medium sized dog.  He eats a raw chicken leg-thigh piece a day and we give him little chicken drum-ettes and gizzards as snacks.

Edward came with his own little friend, Itty-Bitty (a grey tabby cat).  The picture below shows Edward and Itty-Bitty jumping off the kennel at the same time.  It's a cool shot because it shows how fast Edward is and it also shows how much bigger he is than the average house cat.   

Michael's Opening Day of Baseball

Today was opening day for Michael's 8th year of Little League. He is now in the Majors and playing for the Devil Rays. Today was opening ceremonies and the first game. Although they lost, Michael was 2 for 2 with a single and a ground rule double which would have been an in-park homerun. This picture is his first hit, a single. Way to go Michael!!!

A Cat's Life!

What can be sooooo interesting to keep Shibby staring out the window for hours? Well, I have to admit that I, too, could watch the bird feeder for hours. Here are a few critters out there today:

I really need to get a bird book to identify all the pretty birds that come to visit our feeder. I think this is a sparrow?

And this is one of our bushy-tailed grey squirrels. We give them Peanuts and they are happy.And this is poor little Scrappy. He SHOULD look like the pretty grey squirrel above, but apparently the other animals hate him because he is totally beat up. He has no tail and he is covered with boo-boos. Chris wants to kill him to put him out of his misery, but I won't let him. Poor little squirrel.

Try Looking Up

You'd be amazed and some of the really interesting things you can see when you just look up...

Enjoying the family on a beautiful day...

We were able to get out and enjoy the sunshine today. There is an archery shoot next weekend that we plan on going to, and since we haven't shot our bows in about 5 years, we figured we'd better get out and practice so we don't look foolish out there. Here is Meghan and Michael looking like they've not forgotten a thing. The nice thing about having a big driveway is that we have plenty of room to shoot. And here is Carly, enjoying the sun while taking a dog nap.

Yet another reason why we moved to Bend...

THE BALD EAGLE

We have seen him perched on top of this tree by the nest for a month now. This tree is located on the golf course that we drive by every single day on the way to and from work. We have tried to get his picture and we either don't have the camera with us, or when we have the camera he is not there. Finally, this morning at 6:30am Chris called me from the cell phone to tell me he was there! So, I put on my snow boots, grabbed the camera and headed down. I had to jump the fence of the golf course, that was clearly posted "NO TRESPASSING" and I got as close to the tree as I could without scaring him away and this is one of the shot's I got. If you have ever been to our house, this is taken right next to the boat launch on the river by the bridge on the way to our house (Spring River Road).